Servings: 6 Servings
Brussel Sprouts with Caramelized Onions and Bacon
This easy brussel sprouts recipe is all dolled up with delicious goodies like caramelized onions, bacon, and parmesan cheese. A delicious option to serve alongside any main dish!
Equipment
Ingredients
- 6 strips thick-cut bacon
- 1 large yellow onion thinly sliced
- 1 pound (16 ounce) brussel sprouts trimmed and halved
- 3 large cloves garlic minced
- ½ cup parmesan cheese grated, optional
- Sea salt and black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Place a large skillet (I use a 12-inch nonstick skillet) on the stove top and lay the strips of bacon in the skillet, attempting to provide a little space between each strip.
- Heat over medium-high heat and cook bacon for 2-3 minutes before carefully flipping to the other side and cooking another 2-3 minutes. Continue cooking and flipping bacon every minute or so until the strips of bacon have reached your desired level of crisp. Transfer the bacon to a cutting board, leaving the bacon drippings in the skillet.
- Add the sliced onion to the skillet, stir well, and heat over medium heat or medium-high heat. Cook until the onions begin to soften and begin turning brown, about 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Reduce the heat to medium-low and continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until the onions have reached your desired level of caramelization, about 30 to 50 minutes. The longer you caramelize the onions, the deeper the flavor will be. While the onions are caramelizing, you can chop the brussel sprouts and also finely chop the bacon into small bits.
- Add the chopped brussel sprouts to the skillet with the caramelized onions and give them a big stir to coat them in bacon drippings. Increase the heat to medium or medium-high if it isn’t there already. Maneuver the brussels so that they are cut side down on the skillet in a single layer, then cover the skillet with a lid. Cook for 3-4 minutes untouched in order to get a golden brown crust on the sprouts. Remove the lid, stir the brussels, replace the lid, and cook for another 3 to 4 minutes, or until the brussel sprouts have reached your desired level of doneness.
- Sprinkle brussel sprouts with parmesan cheese, chopped bacon bits, sea salt, and black pepper to your personal taste.
- Serve sauteed brussel sprouts with your main dish and enjoy!
Nutrition
Serving: 1Serving (of 6), Calories: 189kcal, Carbohydrates: 23g, Protein: 11g, Fat: 7g, Saturated Fat: 3g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 2g, Cholesterol: 19mg, Sodium: 369mg, Fiber: 6g, Sugar: 11g